Sarah Jayne

Notes:

Promoted to Full Qtr Master Serg on 19 Oct 1861.
Enlisted in Company B, Iowa 8th Infantry Regiment on 12 Sep 1861.
Promoted to Full Private on 01 Mar 1862.
Mustered out on 20 Jun 1862.

John Whitaker Jayne, the founder of Lone Tree, was born on 28 Jan 1820 in Deposit, Broome Co, NY, the son of Benaiah Jayne and Mary B. Whitaker.

He was the grandson of John Whitaker, for whom he was named and Catherine Weaver. When John Whitaker was just shy of his fifth birthday, he was one of the few survivors of the fatal Wyoming Valley (PA) Indian massacre of July 3, 1778, making their escape with great difficulty and suffering through the wilderness back to Orange County New York.

Mr. Jayne married Miss Deborah Early on 25 Sep 1841 in Scott, Wayne Co, PA. John and Deborah had one son, Whitaker Early Jayne on 25 Jun 1842. The young Mrs. Jayne, died two months later on 25 Aug 1842 in Scott, Wayne Co, PA.

He then married Miss Catherine Gardinier in Sep 1842, the daughter of Jacob A. Gardinier and Sarah Alexander South.

In 1854 he emigrated with his family to Iowa, first settling in Scott County and then in 1856 moving to Montpelier, Muscatine County, where they appeared in the State Census of 1856 and then to Fulton, Muscatine County, IA in the 1860 Federal Census.

John served his country in the War of the Rebellion, fighting bravely for the Union forces. He enlisted on 15 Aug 1861 as a Private in Co B, 8th Iowa Infantry in Muscatine Co, IA and was mustered in to service on 12 Sep 1861. He was promoted to Full Quarter Master Sergeant on 19 Oct 1861 and at his request was reduced back to the rank of Full Private on 01 Mar 1862. He was captured along with the entire unit at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin Co, TN (see Regimental History below). John received a disability discharge on 20 Jun 1862.

After his return from the service, he was elected clerk of courts in Muscatine County and served for six years. In 1870 he moved to Fremont, P.O. Palestine, Johnson County, IA and began farming. He purchased 1,200 acres in this area from his brother William H. Jayne. It was on this land that he platted the original town of Lone Tree. This part of town extended north from the school house to the railroad tracks and west from DeVoe Street. It was one of the few small towns of that time that was planned before it was platted.

Mr. Jayne had strong anti-liquor feelings. There was a stipulation in the original platting of Lone Tree that the buyer could never sell any intoxicating drinks on the property. It was further provided that, if on the new premises, the new owner or any of his heirs or assignees violated the contract, Mr. Jayne would bring action and recover the property. After Mr. Jayne's death, some property owners disregarded the original stipulation made by this Baptist pioneer.

John and Catherine had five children: David, Henry, William, Deborah and Sarah.

In 1889, John retired from farming. He was appointed postmaster of Lone Tree and served four years. He also was mayor for several years. After his term as postmaster, he took up the business of fire insurance. At the age of 86 he was the oldest insurance agent in Iowa. In the year of 1906, he wrote $375,000 worth of insurance. He successfully followed the insurance business until 23 Jul 1908, when he was injured by a runaway team and died from these injuries on 26 Jul 1908, aged 88 Years 05 Months 29 Days.
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HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA
Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 92

... John Whitaker Jayne was born in Broome county, New York, and became a logger and rafter on the Delaware river, being thus employed until 1854, when he emigrated to Iowa and took up farming in Scott county, where he remained in 1854 and 1855. The following year he removed to Muscatine county, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until the opening year of the civil war. In response to the country's call for aid he enlisted in the Eighth Iowa Infantry and served in the battle of Shiloh, during which he was captured. Later in the summer , however, he was exchanged and, returning to his northern home, was elected to the office of clerk of Muscatine county, assuming his duties on the 1st of January, 1863, and serving in that capacity until 1869. He then began farming, also dealing in land and cattle, continuing in the conduct of a profitable business until 1896. In that year he took up his abode in Lone Tree, Iowa, where he conducted an insurance office until meeting an accidental death in July, 1908, when nearly eighty-nine years of age. In early manhood John W. Jayne had married Miss Catharine Gardinier, ... and was a daughter of Jacob A. Gardinier, one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, ... He and his wife lived seven years beyond their golden wedding and reared a large family, which included Catharine Gardinier, who became the wife of John W. Jayne, her death occurring in 1897, when she was eighty-five years of age. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jayne were devout members of the Baptist church, and the integrity and fidelity of their lives won for them the high esteem of all whom they came in contact. Their family numbered five children: David, now living in Lone Tree, Iowa; Henry, of this review; William, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; Deborah, who died in infancy; and Sarah, the wife of Rev. A. C. Kelly, of Chicago.
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REGIMENTAL HISTORY
EIGHTH INFANTRY IOWA

Source: THE UNION ARMY, VOL. 4

This regiment was organized in the latter part of the summer of 1861, and was mustered in Sept.

Soon after its organization it went to St. Louis, from which place it moved to Syracuse, where it joined Fremont's army in pursuit of Price's forces and operated in southwestern Missouri, losing heavily through sickness. It returned to
Sedalia in November and remained there until ordered to join Grant's forces in Tennessee the following spring.

The regiment participated in the battle of Shiloh, fighting 10 hours on the first day, repelling attack after attack, and, with the battery which it was supporting, inflicting terrible punishment upon the enemy. It was the last to leave the advanced line of the army, being surrounded as it attempted to withdraw and compelled to surrender. Out of 650 men engaged, it lost 64 killed, 100 wounded, and 47 missing. The 8th, 12th and 14th Ia. formed four-fifths of the little force that held back ten times its numbers at the close of the first day at Shiloh, giving Buell time to bring up his forces and snatch victory from defeat.

Entirely cut off, they fought until they could fight no longer, and threw down their arms only to see many of their number shot down in cold blood after they had surrendered as prisoners of war. The officers above the rank of lieutenant were sent to Selma, thence to Talladega, returned to Selma soon afterward, three months later to Atlanta, thence to Madison until Nov. 7, when they were sent to Libby prison, Richmond, and were paroled a week later at Aiken's landing. The lieutenants and enlisted men were sent to various prisons in Alabama and suffered the miseries and privations so common to southern prisons.

(Research):pension app filed 26 Feb 1892 IA; Clerk of District Court for Johnson Co IA; m1 Deborah Early son Whittaker (served same unit); m2 Catherine Gilliland

Obituary: Iowa Journal of History, Volume 7, By State Historical Society of Iowa.
JOHN W JAYNE John W Jayne one of the oldest residents of Johnson County a member of The State Historical Society of Iowa passed away at his home in Lone Tree on July 26 1908 Mr Jayne was in Pennsylvania on January 28 1820 and came to Iowa during the fifties first settling in Muscatine County When the war out he enlisted in Company B of the 8th Iowa Infantry and served during the early years of the war Most of his life since that time was spent on his farm or in business at Lone Tree He a member of the first Republican State Convention held in Iowa and although he never held any important office he always an active interest in politics He collected a large private and was a man who read widely Mr Jayne retained his and mental vigor to a remarkable extent even to the date his death

John married Catherine Gardinier Sep 1842, Scott, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. Catherine was born 29 Nov 1813, Cooperstown, Mohawk Valley, New York, United States; died 29 Mar 1898, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Death of Mrs. John W. Jayne.----Henry Jayne was apprised by wire last evening of the death of his mother, Mrs. John W. Jayne, at Lone Tree, senility being the cause. Her maiden name was Catharine Gardiner, and she was born in New Sharon, Otsego county, New York, November 29th, 1813, she being consequently in her eighty-fifth year. She was first married to James Gilliland in 1830, by whom she had two children, James Gilliland, who died in New York, and Mrs. Maria Wingrove, now residing in Arian, Crawford county, Iowa. She was married the second time to John W. Jayne, March 3, 1843, and with him resided in Delaware county, New York, and Wayne county, Pennsylvania, adjoining, until August, 1854, when they emigrated to Scott county, Iowa, and then removed to Fulton township, Muscatine county, in 1856, where they continued to reside until 1869, when they again moved to Fremont township, Johnson county, where they have since resided, being among the founders of the town of Lone Tree. The children by this marriage are David Jayne, of Lone Tree, Henry Jayne, of this city, William, who died in 1877, Sarah, wife of Rev. A. C. Kelly, of South Chicago, Ill. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1893, March 3d, their marriage being the second for each, each having children by former marriages surviving. Mrs. Jayne was a noble woman, a true Christian, a faithful wife and mother, a good, kind neighbor, always ready to alleviate the suffering or aid in any good work. She has been a faithful companion to her aged husband, who with the above named children are left to mourn. The funeral is appointed for tomorrow at 11 o'clock, with interment at Lone Tree.

(Research):Catherine Gardinier was born 29 Nov 1813, the fifth of ten children born to Jacob A. Gardinier and Sarah Alexander South.

She married Mr. John Whitaker Jayne, in Sep 1842 at Scott, Wayne Co, PA, a widower with an infant child, and the eldest son of Benaiah Gustin Jayne, I and Mary B. Whitaker.

In 1854 she emigrated with her husband and family to Iowa, first settling in Scott County and then in 1856 moving to Montpelier, Muscatine County, where they appeared in the State Census of 1856 and then to Fulton, Muscatine County, IA in the 1860 Federal Census.

In addition to raising John's son Whitaker Early Jayne, by his first wife Deborah Early, John and Catherine had five children of their own: David, Henry, William, Deborah (died in infancy) and Sarah.

Catherine died on 29 Mar 1898 in Lone Tree, Johnson Co, IA, aged 84y 04m 00d.

Notes:

All of this information taken from a family bible in the possession of Frank Shurburne, Lone Tree, Iowa.

Benaiah married Mary B. Whitaker 18 Jul 1818, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States. Mary (daughter of John Whitaker and Catherine Weaver) was born 2 Nov 1795, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States; died 11 Feb 1878, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States; was buried , Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John Jayne, was born on Dec 25, 1748 the son of William and Tabitha Norton Jayne at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. He Married Cornelia Decker the d/o Hendrickus and Annatji Hannah {Kermer} Decker on 13 Sept 1775 Sanford, Broomer Co., New York. Cornelia Decker was born 14 Mar 1753 at Deer Park, Suffolk Co., New York and Died 25 Oct 1820 at Scott, Wayne Co., Pennsylvaina, John Jayne, died @5 April 1838 also at Scott, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania. Both are buried at Starrucca Cemetery, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of Eight children all Born at Middle Smithfield, Northampton Co., Pennsylvainia:
1.Hannah, b. 03 July 1776 Northampton Co., she married John Bunnell; and died 07 Nov 1837 in Otsigo Co., N.Y
2. Henry, b. 15 April 1777. He married Catherine Crawford and moved to Ohio. where they died. Henry on 22 Feb 1861 and Catherine on 12 June 1882 both in Washington Co., Ohio
3. Tabitha, born 09 June 1778. She married Thomas Dutches, b. 1778. She died 02 Sept 1837.
4. Elanor, b.abt 1785.
5. Ann, b. 03 Oct 1787. She married John Ogden. he was b. 1782. Ann, died 02 Oct 1837.
6. Benaiah, bon 31 July 1790 and died 11 Feb 1854 at Scott, Wayne Co., Pennsylvainia. He married Mary Whitaker 1795 - 1878.
7. David b. 07 Oct 1793; He married Phebe Dailey. David d. 27 Nov 1840 Wayne Co., Pennsylvainia both are buried at Shehawken Cemetery Wayne Co., Pa.
8. Affa, she was b. 20 June 1797 and died 14 Feb 1882 Otsigo Co.New York. She married Matthew Crawford 1785 - 1854.

John married Cornelia Decker 13 Sep 1775, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States. Cornelia (daughter of Hendrickus Decker and Annatje Hannah Kermer) was born 14 Mar 1752, Deer Park, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 25 Oct 1828, Scott, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried Oct 1828, Starrucca Cemetery, Starrucca, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Inscription:
On the back of the gravestone of John and Catharine (Weaver) Whitaker is the following inscription:

"John Whitaker was born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y. August 14, 1773.

He was the son of Squire and grandson of Richard Whitaker who came to this country before the French War and settled in Orange County. When John was about 1 yrs old his parents removed to Wyoming Valley where they remained until the fatal Indian massacre of July 3, 1778, making their escape with great difficulty and suffering through the wilderness back to Orange County.

In 1786 the family removed to Shohocking Point now Hancock and the next year to the Cookhouse near Deposit. In 1793 he married Catharine Weaver from Mohawk Valley. He lived a few years at Hales Eddy then returned to the old homestead where he remained through life.

He encountered the usual struggles of pioneer life but by industry, temperance and frugality he accumulated a handsome property. He united with the Baptist Church in 1821, was elected Deacon in 1831.

He contributed largely toward the creation of the old Baptist and Presbyterian Churches in this place. He is supposed to have been the last survivor of the Wyoming massacre."

John married Catherine Weaver 25 Jan 1793, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States. Catherine was born 2 Aug 1774, Mohawk Valley, Tyron, New York, United States; died 26 Jan 1852, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]